We had a great roundtable discussion at the Mesulam Center at Northwestern about the work we've done for the past 7 years in Music and Medicine in Chicago.

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The Mesulam Center's Darby Morhardt is a member the Alzheimer's Association Illinois Chapter's 2nd annual African-American conference - Release The Silence. Please join us on Saturday, April 27th to Release the Silence on Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
Register here: bit.ly/ReleaseTheSile…

Musical Memories Cafes provide a space for joy and connections amidst the challenges of Alzheimer's and dementia. Borna Bonakdarpour spoke to The Buffalo News about the therapeutic potential of music and community.

Read more: buffalonews.com/news/local/the…

Join us and the South Loop Village on Tuesday, April 23 at 2 PM for a Virtual Memory Café. The theme of this month's meeting will be 'April in Paris.'

RSVP here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Discover how the brain evolves with age, navigating between normal aging and cognitive concerns, as explained by experts like Molly Mather. Mather also shares insights into the fascinating world of 'SuperAgers.'

Read more: everydayhealth.com/senior-health/…

We talked to Mesulam Center researchers, about a unique gift many of our PPA research participants have left behind at the Center — their artwork. Discover how art can become a profound means of communication and expression amidst language loss.

Article: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/ySUatp…

Allegra Kawles and several members of the Mesulam Center were authors on a recent publication, 'Phenotypically concordant distribution of pick bodies in aphasic versus behavioral dementias.'

Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38389095/

Join us for the next event in our Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series, featuring David Holtzman from Washington U. Med. His talk is titled 'The Role of APOE and the Immune Response in Amyloid-Induced Tauopathy and Tau-Mediated Neurodegeneration.”

Learn more: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/611515

Join us today at noon for the next event in our Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series!
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We talked to Mesulam Center researchers, about a unique gift many of our PPA research participants have left behind at the Center — their artwork. Discover how art can become a profound means of communication and expression amidst language loss.

Article: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/ySUatp…

The next event in our Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series, featuring Dorene Rentz, PsyD from
Harvard Medical School is this Thursday, 4/4 at noon. We hope to see you there!

Learn more: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/611516

Join us for the next event in our Alzheimer's Disease Seminar Series, featuring Dorene Rentz, PsyD from
Harvard Medical School. Her talk is titled 'Digital Cognitive Assessments in Detecting Amyloid and Tau Burden.”

Learn more: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/611516

Join us and the South Loop Village on Tuesday, March 26 at 2 PM for a Virtual Memory Café. The theme of this month's meeting will be 'Happy St. Pats.'

RSVP here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Join Northwestern Medicine and Alzheimer's Association Illinois Chapter on the NM Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) Campus on 3/14 for 'Comprender el Alzheimer y la demencia.' This Spanish language presentation is intended to educate on Alzheimer's and dementia.

Learn more and register: classes.nm.org/wlp2/classes/i…

Visiting Tucson after was a pleasure, catching up with friends and mentors. I gave a lecture for the University of Arizona Neuroscience Grand Rounds and we had a great discussion.

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Registration is now open for our 30th Annual Alzheimer Day on May 3!

Alzheimer Day was established to showcase Alzheimer’s-related dementia & aging research conducted throughout Northwestern & to bring this information to the community.

Register: forms.feinberg.northwestern.edu/view.php?id=28…

The news of Wendy Williams' dementia-linked diagnoses is an important reminder that the conditions are often missed initially by medical providers, according Sandra Weintraub, who joined CBS News with a look at the medical effects.

Watch: cbsnews.com/video/wendy-wi…

Join us and the South Loop Village tomorrow, Tuesday, February 27 at 2 PM for a Virtual Memory Café. The theme of this month's meeting will be 'Be My Valentine.'

RSVP here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Former talk show host Wendy Williams announced on Feb 22 that she has been diagnosed FTD and PPA. Sandra Weintraub, PhD joined NBC Chicago to discuss common symptoms of around these diseases.

Watch: nbcchicago.com/top-videos-hom…